Legal Opinion
Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle v. Division 587, Amalgamated Transit Union
Washington Supreme Court
Decided March 12, 1992No. 58065-1PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDurham, J.
As part of the collective bargaining process between the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (Metro) and Division 587 of the Amalgamated Transit Union (the Union), the parties agreed to submit labor disputes to binding interest arbitration at the request of either party. Metro now claims that this agreement constituted an illegal delegation of its legislative powers, and it sought a declaratory judgment. The trial court found in favor of the Union, and Metro appealed directly to this court. We affirm.
Metro is a metropolitan corporation organized pursuant to RCW 35.58. Metro is empowered:
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